Falcon 3321 On the Evening of the Battle of Waterloo - box
Make: Falcon Games
Serial: 3321
Title: On the Evening of the Battle of Waterloo
Series: The Gallery Jigsaw Puzzle
Pieces: 1008 (36 x 28).
Size: 28 ¼" x 20". 72 x 51 cm.
Date: -
Bar Code: -
Origin: England.
One of a number of Falcon puzzles that I have been holding back for a while as they duplicate what other people have made, but have decided that they needed to be built to make room for others.
An obvious horizon was the starting point, followed by the edge of the sky then filling in the box for the first third of the puzzle area.
After that somewhat piecemeal, building largely by colours. The near-white colours gave three of the horses, before switching to green for the area of grass and its contents. Then red for the patches of uniform.
One piece missing the paper, otherwise complete.
Noticed with both this, and the sister jigsaw And When Did You Last See Your Father?, the title of the puzzle is only given on the underside of the box - it is not present on the lid at all.
From the underside of the box:
Ernest Crofts 1847 - 1911
On the Evening of the Battle of Waterloo
Oil on Canvas Signed and dated 1879
After the rout of the French at the Battle of Waterloo on June 18th, 1815, Napoleon was forced to flee from the battlefield. He is shown leaving his carriage, which was later found by the Prussians, to mount a white charger and escape. The incident is described in William Siborne's History of the War in France and Belgium, first published in 1844:
"At Genappe, the first important defile through which the French army retired, an immense number of carriages and waggons of all kinds had been collected together, which presented a rich booty to the Prussians; but the most valuable and the most interesting object consisted of Napoleon's travelling carriage, which, with all its contents, fell into the hands of the 15th Regiment. He himself had only quitted it a few minutes previously in such a haste as to leave behind his hat, which was found inside."
Ernest Crofts was a specialist in historical military subjects, of which this painting is a characteristic and well-known example. Picturesque detail and a painstaking portrait quality are combined with an emphasis on atmosphere and movement to achieve a convincing spectacle of the commotion of battle.
This puzzle picture represents a major portion of the original painting
Reproduced by kind permission of THE WALKER ART GALLERY, Liverpool.
Bought more jigsaws…
DONE: 563 puzzles (382213 nominal piece count). TO DO: 903 puzzles (1152490 nominal piece count).
Falcon 3321 On the Evening of the Battle of Waterloo - box
Make: Falcon Games
Serial: 3321
Title: On the Evening of the Battle of Waterloo
Series: The Gallery Jigsaw Puzzle
Pieces: 1008 (36 x 28).
Size: 28 ¼" x 20". 72 x 51 cm.
Date: -
Bar Code: -
Origin: England.
One of a number of Falcon puzzles that I have been holding back for a while as they duplicate what other people have made, but have decided that they needed to be built to make room for others.
An obvious horizon was the starting point, followed by the edge of the sky then filling in the box for the first third of the puzzle area.
After that somewhat piecemeal, building largely by colours. The near-white colours gave three of the horses, before switching to green for the area of grass and its contents. Then red for the patches of uniform.
One piece missing the paper, otherwise complete.
Noticed with both this, and the sister jigsaw And When Did You Last See Your Father?, the title of the puzzle is only given on the underside of the box - it is not present on the lid at all.
From the underside of the box:
Ernest Crofts 1847 - 1911
On the Evening of the Battle of Waterloo
Oil on Canvas Signed and dated 1879
After the rout of the French at the Battle of Waterloo on June 18th, 1815, Napoleon was forced to flee from the battlefield. He is shown leaving his carriage, which was later found by the Prussians, to mount a white charger and escape. The incident is described in William Siborne's History of the War in France and Belgium, first published in 1844:
"At Genappe, the first important defile through which the French army retired, an immense number of carriages and waggons of all kinds had been collected together, which presented a rich booty to the Prussians; but the most valuable and the most interesting object consisted of Napoleon's travelling carriage, which, with all its contents, fell into the hands of the 15th Regiment. He himself had only quitted it a few minutes previously in such a haste as to leave behind his hat, which was found inside."
Ernest Crofts was a specialist in historical military subjects, of which this painting is a characteristic and well-known example. Picturesque detail and a painstaking portrait quality are combined with an emphasis on atmosphere and movement to achieve a convincing spectacle of the commotion of battle.
This puzzle picture represents a major portion of the original painting
Reproduced by kind permission of THE WALKER ART GALLERY, Liverpool.
Bought more jigsaws…
DONE: 563 puzzles (382213 nominal piece count). TO DO: 903 puzzles (1152490 nominal piece count).